The federal Department of Health has issued a request for tender for a risk stratification tool, software and technical support to determine patients' eligibility for the Health Care Home program based on their disease complexity and predicted demand for unplanned hospital admissions.

The department is trialling the model from July next year in 200 general practices within the catchment of 10 Primary Health Networks (PHNs). Up to 65,000 patients are expected to take part in the trial, which will offer bundled payments to GPs for leading team care arrangements.